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IntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIntroduction

The master of horror is my chosen project as being an avid horror fan it is one of my favorite interests. Wes Craven is the Director which stands out from them all and has captivated audiences around the world. By undertaking this project I will see where he gets his ideas from and which film got his career off the ground.

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Wes Craven full name (Wesley Earl Craven) was born August 2nd 1939 in Cleveland Ohio. He had a strict Baptist upbringing with his parents Caroline (Nee Miller) and Paul Craven.

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Education and achievementsEducation and achievementsEducation and achievementsEducation and achievements

• Wes Craven obtained an Undergraduate Degree in English and Psychology at Wheaton College in Illinois.

• He went on then to obtain a masters degree in Philosophy and Writing at the Johns Hopkins University.

• He got his first job in the film industry as a sound editor at a post production company in New York.

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His career has spanned for almost four decades with his first release in 1972 with the premier of “The Last House on the Left” up to the present and future release on April 15th 2011 of the continuation of the “SCREAM Trilogy” the long awaited “SCREAM 4”. Wes Cravens most popular classic is “Nightmare on Elm Street”, which terrified audiences all over the world for a period of 10 years between 1984 and 1994.

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Wes Craven has made many horror movies and “Carnival of Souls” a 1962 classic which was directed by Herk Harvey had inspired him to do a remake in 1998. In total Wes Craven has directed 29 movies to date.

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During his career, Wes Craven won nine Cinematic Awards and received three Nominations. These consist of:

1977 Wes Craven won the prize of the International Critics jury in the Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival for the release of his film the “Hills Have Eyes”.

1995 The release of “nightmare on Elm Street” won the “critics award” at the “Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival”

1992 The Brussels International Festival of Film fantasy presented him with the Pegasus Audience Award for the release of “The People under the Stairs”. The Best Film Award also went to Wes Craven for the release of “New Nightmare the final Nightmare on Elm

Street” and the release of “Shocker” was also nominated for best film in 1990.

1997 The Gérardmer Film Festival granted him the Grand Prize in ' for “Scream”.

1997 He was nominated for Best Director for “Scream” at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films,

2006 He was honored at Spike TV's Scream with the Mastermind Award,

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I carried out a survey and the outcome totally surprised me the results were extremely close and the pie chart below will demonstrate this.

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ConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusion

As I am an avid horror fan I am awaiting the release of the new “Scream” movie as I really like the works of Wes Craven and I am sure that this sequel will deliver quality horror as his films have done in the past. The table below lists his career span of the last four decades and the films that were released that terrified audiences around the world.

1978 Stranger in our house WES Craven

1981 Deadly blessing Wes Craven

1982 Swamp thing Wes Craven

1984 Nightmare on elm street Wes Craven

1985 chiller Wes Craven

1985 The hills have eyes 2 Wes Craven

1986 Deadly friend Wes Craven

1988 The serpent and the rainbow Wes Craven

1989 shocker Wes Craven

1991 The people under the stairs Wes Craven

1994 Wes Cravens New Nightmare Wes Craven

1995 Vampire in Brooklyn Wes Craven

1996 Scream Wes Craven

1997 Scream 2 Wes Craven

1998 Carnival of souls Co produced by Wes Craven

1999 Music of the heart Wes Craven

2000 Scream 3 Wes Craven

2005 Cursed Wes Craven

2005 Red eye Wes Craven

2010 My soul to take Wes Craven

2011 Scream 4 Release date 15th of april by Wes Craven

Year Film Director 1972 Last house on the left Wes Craven

1977 The hills have eyes Wes Craven

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SOURCES www.mastersofhorror.co.uk paranormalknowledge.com http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2956834794 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WesCraven http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:COS_04.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:COS_09.JPG